INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/30
By: BWW Special Coverage May. 30, 2017
Welcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 5/28/2017.
This week, 34 shows played on Broadway, with 296,567 tickets sold and a total gross of $34,203,176. The average ticket price was $115.33.This was number of shows as last week and down 3 number of shows vs. the same week last year. Compared to last week, attendance was down -2.22%. Versus last year, attendance was up 1.69%. On the sales front, overall grosses were down -0.87% vs. last week and up 19.15% vs. this week last year. This week's average ticket price of $115.33 is up $1.57 compared to last week and up $16.90 compared to last year.
Amongst this week's highlights - Groundhog Day saw its highest grossing week to date on Broadway last week (ending May 28), grossing $974,065.65 at the August Wilson Theatre. WAITRESS celebrated the holiday weekend grossing over $1.3 million for the third time for total weekly sales of $1,315,554. CHICAGO THE MUSICAL had its best-ever Memorial Day week in an over 14 year residence at the Ambassador Theatre - grossing $711.717. CHICAGO is Broadway's Longest Running American Musical, having played over 8,500 performances and 20 years on the Great White Way!
Top 5 by This Week Gross
| HAMILTON | $2,759,708 |
| THE LION KING | $2,073,973 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $1,911,108 |
| WICKED | $1,803,868 |
| ALADDIN | $1,542,463 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross
INDECENT ($261,762), SWEAT ($293,025), 1984 ($298,438), SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION ($320,060), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($399,887)
Top 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
| KINKY BOOTS | $318,869 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | $118,681 |
| THE LION KING | $97,672 |
| A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 | $94,679 |
| THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA | $94,371 |
Bottom 5 by This Week Gross vs. Last Week Gross
HAMILTON ($-373,847), SUNSET BOULEVARD ($-88,753), MISS SAIGON ($-77,916), PRESENT LAUGHTER ($-70,118), BEAUTIFUL ($-67,042)
Top 5 by Average Ticket Price
| HAMILTON | $257.05 |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | $186.16 |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | $161.28 |
| WAITRESS | $155.80 |
| THE LION KING | $152.99 |
Bottom 5 by Average Ticket Price
INDECENT ($51.97), 1984 ($58.76), A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 ($68.99), SWEAT ($72.35), THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG ($73.13)
Top 5 by Gross % of Potential
| WAITRESS | 129.04% |
| HELLO, DOLLY! | 116.46% |
| HAMILTON | 115.42% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 109.39% |
| WICKED | 101.35% |
Bottom 5 by Gross % of Potential
INDECENT (29.98%), SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (31.36%), 1984 (44.9%), ON YOUR FEET! (44.9%), SWEAT (45.02%)
Top 5 by % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
| THE BOOK OF MORMON | 102.2% |
| COME FROM AWAY | 101.8% |
| ANASTASIA | 101.6% |
| HAMILTON | 101.6% |
| DEAR EVAN HANSEN | 101.5% |
Bottom 5 % of Seats Sold of Total Seats
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (50.8%), INDECENT (58.7%), ON YOUR FEET! (66.5%), MISS SAIGON (71.8%), 1984 (74.8%)
Top 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
| KINKY BOOTS | 1925 |
| 1984 | 1701 |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK | 984 |
| A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2 | 976 |
| CATS | 545 |
Bottom 5 by Seats Sold This Week vs. Last Week
BEAUTIFUL (-352), MISS SAIGON (-290), SUNSET BOULEVARD (-237), INDECENT (-231), SWEAT (-152)
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